[Epoch Times, July 28, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Tian Rui, Sydney, Australia) On July 28 (Wednesday), the NSW Department of Health notified 177 new local cases. The governor of NSW announced that the blockade of Greater Sydney and its surrounding areas will be extended for four weeks. At the same time, three more local government jurisdictions will prohibit non-essential workers from leaving, including the Georges River area where Hurstville is located.
NSW Governor Gladys Berejiklian stated that the blockade of Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour will be extended to 8 On the 28th.
In addition, residents in the closed zone can only shop within 10 kilometers of their homes, or do not leave their local government jurisdiction, provided they can buy the goods they need. If there is no need for the goods in the local area, people can shop within a range of more than 10 kilometers.
Starting at midnight on July 28, three more local government jurisdictions in the Greater Sydney area have been upgraded to epidemic hot spots requiring the strictest lockdown policies. Only necessary staff approved by the government can leave their local government jurisdiction.
The three areas are the Georges River, Parramatta and Campbelltown local government areas.
Previously, five severely affected local government jurisdictions have implemented this strictest lockdown policy, namely Cumberland, Blacktown, Fairfield, and Canterbury-Canterbury. -Bankstown) and Liverpool (Liverpool) local government jurisdictions.
This means that the Greater Sydney area has eight local government jurisdictions that have become the most worrying high-risk areas.
The NSW Government has decided to allow Grade 12 students to return to school on August 16. The NSW Government will give priority to vaccinating students between the ages of 16 and 18 who live in eight high-risk local government jurisdictions in Sydney.
On July 27, a 90-year-old woman died in Liverpool Hospital. She was diagnosed with the disease on July 24. It was the Delta strain (Indian variant Covid-19) that triggered a new round in Sydney. The 11th dead since the epidemic.
At present, there are 165 infected persons in NSW being treated in hospitals and 56 in intensive care units, of which 22 need to use ventilators.
The areas covered by the George River Local Government area include: Allawah, Beverley Park, Blakehurst, Carss Park, Connells Point, Hurstville, Hurstville Grove, Kogarah, Kogarah Bay, Lugarno, Mortdale, Oatley, Peakhurst, Peakhurst Heights, Penshurst and South Hurstville. And parts of Beverley Hills, Carlton, Kingsgrove, Narwee, Ramsgate, Riverwood and Sans Souci.
The areas covered by the Parramatta local government jurisdiction include: Camellia, Clyde, Constitution Hill, Dundas, Dundas Valley, Epping, Ermington, Harris Park, Newington, North Parramatta, Northmead, Oatlands, Old Toongabbie, Parramatta, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Silverwater And Telopea areas, as well as parts of Carlingford, Eastwood, Beecroft, Toongabbie, Wentworth Point, Wentworthville, Westmead, Winston Hills, Granville, Lidcombe, Mays Hill, Melrose Park, Pendle Hill, North Rocks and Sydney Olympic Park.
The areas covered by the local government of Campbell Town include: Airds, Ambarvale, Bardia, Blair Athol, Blairmount, Bow Bowing, Bradbury, Campbelltown, Claymore, Eagle Vale, Englorie Park, Eschol Park, Gilead, Glen Alpine, Glenfield, Ingleburn, Kearns, Kentlyn, Leumeah, Long Point, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Menangle Park, Minto, Minto Heights, Raby, Rosemeadow, Ruse, St Andrews, St Helens Park, Varroville, Wedderburn and Woodbine areas, as well as Denham Court, Woronora Dam, Gregory Hills , Holsworthy and parts of Mount Annan. ◇
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